Matthew Poole and continuators on Romans 8:17

17. And if children, then heirs , heirs of God and joynt-heirs with Christ if so be that we suffer with him that we may be also glorified together .

There is a parallel Text in Gal. 4.7. 'tis not so with the Children of earthly Princes. vid. 2 Chron. 21.3.

Or Coheir[illegible: 1 letter] with Christ, he is our Elder Brother, and is not ashamed to call us Brethren; the inheritance is his by Nature, ours by Grace.

The Cross of Christ is the condition of our Heavenly inheritance. The pronoun him, is not in the Original, but fitly supplyed in out Translation; suffering with him, is much the same with suffering for him. Suffering Believers do but pledg Christ in the Cup, that he began to them.

Or Glorified with him, not with equal Glory, but according to our proportion; he was glorified in this way, Luke 24.26. and so must we. Three things implyed in our being Glorified together. 1. Comformity, we shall in some measure be like him in Glory. vid. Iohn 17.22. Phil. 3.21. 2. Conco[illegible: 1 letter]titancy, we shall be present with him in Glory. Iohn 17.24. 1 Thes. 4.17. 3. Conveyance, our Glory will be from him; his Glory will reflect on us, and we shall shine in his Beams.

Marginal references: Act. 14.22. [illegible: 1 letter] Tim 2.11, [illegible: 1 word] ▪